Andrew Kotylo has been Director of Music and Organist at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill since 2019. Previously he had served as Organist/Choirmaster at the Basilica of St. Peter in Columbia, South Carolina and Associate Director of Music at the historic Trinity Episcopal Church on the Green in New Haven, Connecticut. 

A native of Binghamton, New York, Andy holds degrees from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he studied organ with Christopher Young and Larry Smith and choral conducting with William Jon Gray. Other teachers have included Carolyn Albaugh, the late Searle Wright, Jonathan Biggers, and John Schwandt. His doctoral dissertation concerns the life and organ works of Searle Wright, for which he received a citation of excellence from Indiana University.

Kotylo has concertized throughout the United States and in England, with performances at conventions of the American Guild of Organists and Association of Anglican Musicians that have earned critical acclaim. A top prize-winner in numerous competitions, including the American Guild of Organists' National Young Artists Competition and Poister Competition, his performances have been featured several times on American Public Media's Pipedreams. He is also active as a private teacher, competition adjudicator, and workshop clinician.